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...years, having spent his career as a surgeon and then earning millions of dollars from HCA Inc., a hospital chain his father and brother founded. Last April Frist publicly agreed to a tax-cut package that was $200 billion less than what House Republican leaders wanted. House Speaker Dennis Hastert was furious, and Frist spent weeks healing the rift. Republican Senators trying to push the initial energy bill through the Senate last June publicly griped that they couldn't build momentum behind the measure because Frist kept pulling it from the floor to deal with other legislation. Even Senators...
...Dennis Hastert doesn't ruffle easily in public. The bulky House Republican leader looks more likely to hug than harangue. But last week when a reporter poked him about the difficulty Republicans in the House and Senate were having reconciling their differences on the president's tax cut package, comfy uncle Denny snapped. "You know what?" he said, "I'm tired of trying to fit the Senate. We have moved in the House. We have done what the president says. We have compromised from 726 down to 550. And if the Senate can't get its work done that...
...administration aide said afterwards. Grassley did look pale after he emerged from the Bush treatment,? but the color came back quickly. The Iowan helped ink a quiet side deal in early April that limited the size of the tax cut to $350 billion in the Senate and that caused Hastert to fog his glasses...
...maintained a pointed distance from fellow Texan Tom DeLay, a fiery congressional conservative known as "the Hammer." But the House majority leader now seems to have Bush's ear. In early March DeLay became the fifth invitee to the regular breakfasts that the President holds with House Speaker Dennis Hastert, House minority leader Nancy Pelosi, Senate majority leader Bill Frist and Senate minority leader Tom Daschle. It was an invitation DeLay's predecessor Dick Armey had sought--only to be turned down...
...Pentagon participation in this year’s Paris Air Show, Florida Representative Ginny Brown-Waite proposed to have the bodies of those American soldiers who had been buried in France during World War II exhumed and returned to the United States and House leader Dennis Hastert has talked about imposing sanctions on French products, targeting water and wine specifically. These postures sent out a clear message to the American people, France and the world: if you disagree with the U.S. government, it will avoid debating the issue, while mocking you and promoting animosity to boot...